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Tornado Warning 17, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 1:45 PM MDT for Arthur County, McPherson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2005, 1:45 PM MDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Arthur County, NE, McPherson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:25 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KLBF 041945 TORLBF NEC005-117-042030- /O.NEW.KLBF.TO.W.0017.050604T1945Z-050604T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 145 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA EASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 230 PM MDT(330 PM CDT) * AT 143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARTHUR...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY AT 300 PM CDT RURAL SOUTHEASTERN ARTHUR COUNTY AT 200 PM MDT RURAL WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY AT 320 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING(800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4141 10172 4140 10119 4173 10117 4173 10168 $$ KAR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLBF 042002 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 302 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 NEC005-117-042030- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050604T2030Z/ MCPHERSON NE-ARTHUR NE- 202 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM MDT(330 PM CDT) FOR EASTERN ARTHUR AND WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES... AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARTHUR...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY AT 300 PM CDT RURAL WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY AT 330 PM CDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING(800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4141 10172 4140 10119 4173 10117 4173 10168 $$ KAR
000 WWUS53 KLBF 042019 SVSLBF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 318 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 NEC005-117-042030- /O.CON.KLBF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050604T2030Z/ MCPHERSON NE-ARTHUR NE- 218 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM MDT(330 PM CDT) FOR EASTERN ARTHUR AND WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES... AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARTHUR...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRYON AT 325 PM CDT IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM PASS THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTH PLATTE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING(800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING) FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4141 10172 4140 10119 4173 10117 4173 10168 $$ KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 12:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 1:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 1:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | McPherson | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 2:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker, McPherson | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson, Thomas | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 4:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 4:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Blaine | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 63 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.